An examination of parents’ online activities and links to demographic characteristics among parents in Sweden

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for the online activities.

Online activity	M	SD	% Never	% Every month	% Every week	% Several times a week	% Every day	% Several times a day
SNS use	5.40	0.93	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.5	31.2	58.4
Photos on SNS	1.95	0.89	33.0	47.1	12.6	6.5	0.8	0
Info on SNS	1.66	0.82	50.4	38.0	7.3	3.5	0.8	0
Reading blogs	2.80	1.43	24.0	23.2	19.4	17.4	14.1	1.8
Search for information	2.83	0.97	4.0	38.9	33.1	18.7	5.1	0.3
Writing blog	1.05	0.31	96.7	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0
			% Almost never/never	% Pretty seldom	% Pretty often	% Almost always/Always
Dealing with online info	2.10	0.53	-	-	-	-
Relying on info from …
… the Internet	1.88	0.71	32%	50%	17%	1%
… SNS	1.70	0.66	41%	48%	11%	0%

Relying on = what sources of information parents rely on in their parenting role. SNS = Social Networking Sites. N = 401.

Table 2. Correlations among study variables.

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.
1. SNS use	.
2. Photos on SNS	.30**	.
3. Info on SNS	.20**	.64**	.
4. Reading blogs	.17**	−.04	−.07	.
5. Search for information	.14**	.10*	.06	.37**	.
6. Writing blog	−.04	.08	.07	.01	.05	.
7. Rely on Internet	.13**	−.01	.07	.25**	.21**	.12*	.
8. Rely on SNS	.19**	.12*	.20**	.12*	.14**	.06	.48**	.
9. Dealing with online info	.09	−.02	.04	.21**	.22**	.05	.18**	.20**	.

Rely on = what sources of information parents rely on in their parenting role. SNS = Social Networking Sites. N = 401.

Table 3. Results using demographic variables to predict online activities.

	Predictors
	Parents’ age		Parents’ gender		Education		Child’s age		Number of children		Born in Sweden or not
Online activity	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	R^2
Use of SNS	.05	.420	.13	.008	.03	.599	−.03	.539	.00	.975	.03	.615	.034
Photos on SNS	.03	.660	.14	.008	−.16	.003	−.04	.394	.00	.997	.03	.563	.035
Info on SNS	.10	.078	.13	.009	−.21	<.001	.03	.623	−.03	.519	.07	.149	.049
Reading blogs	−.05	.301	.30	<.001	.19	<.001	−.11	.024	.03	.567	−.02	.636	.195
Search for information	.03	.548	.20	<.001	.03	.522	−.29	<.001	−.10	.041	−.03	.534	.150
Writing blogs	.02	.773	−.04	.429	−.09	.089	.02	.729	.10	.043	.04	.455	.027
Dealing with online info	.04	.451	.17	<.001	−.06	.299	−.04	.455	−.11	.031	−.01	.901	.051
Relying on info from …
Internet	.05	.406	.15	.003	.02	.771	−.06	.227	.00	.988	.03	.538	.043
SNS	.08	.178	.19	<.001	−.09	.103	.03	.624	−.05	.294	.02	.751	.044

Relying on = what sources of information parents rely on in their parenting role. SNS = Social Network Sites. Results are standardized betas. In the analyses, we controlled for method of recruitment of participants (online versus offline). Parents’ gender: 1 = fathers, 2 = mothers; Born in Sweden: 1 = Yes, 2 = No. N = 401.